r/hayeren • u/Ovah_Boston • Sep 15 '26

Translation

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Could someone please translate this gravestone to English? Thank you!

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u/JohnTzimisces Sep 15 '26

“Garabed S. Markarian
Of Malatya

September 21 1865 to March 13 1927”

I don’t have a strong grasp of Armenian so somebody please correct me.

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u/kristaporbrg Sep 15 '26

Perfect

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u/JohnTzimisces Sep 15 '26

I made a correction, middle initial seems to be S not A on closer inspection

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u/daniel21020 Sep 15 '26

Good shit. You got it.

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u/Ovah_Boston Sep 16 '26

Thank you!

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u/Dotjiff 26d ago

Adding to what others are saying, Armenian proudly name themselves after the region which their families were from. The stone says “Malatyatsi” meaning from Malatya (called Sepastia by Armenians); Malatya is also the Turkish name for the city which is not unusual because most Armenians who left after the genocide spoke Turkish as a second language since they were forced to assimilate.

It’s all about sending a subtle message that the Armenians from a given region had their own unique culture - just like my family from Van (Vanetsis) and Erzerum (Erzerumtsis) did, as well as Armenians from every village in the diaspora. It’s an indication that they carry with them their unique culture

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u/daniel21020 Sep 15 '26

Where is this? The US?

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u/Andruschkikov Sep 16 '26

This man saw things 🙏